Businesses in Kenya only saw a mild improvement in operating conditions in October 2022 The latest Purchasing Managers’ Index showed that ongoing concerns about the rising cost of living led to a softer expansion in new orders and a renewed drop in output Inflationary pressures remained severe, as firms highlighted a record increase in purchasing […]
Most African economies have been teetering on the edge of a precipice for the past two years. First dealing with the unprecedented storm brewed by the Covid-19 pandemic that caused the worst recession in more than half a century. And just when recovery was finally ashore and an economic rebound was on the horizon, the […]
Well-managed youth migration can help Africa adapt to climate change and meet its development goals. Africa faces a trio of issues that are accelerating youth migration – the youth ‘population bulge’, high unemployment and mounting climate impacts. The ability of young people to move is an important adaptive response to all three. Youth migration can […]
Nairobi — November 4 marks two years since war broke out in Ethiopia’s Tigray region between Tigrayan forces and the federal government and its regional allies, including neighboring Eritrea. Analysts say the war has left hundreds of thousands of people dead, millions displaced, and a trail of atrocities and war crimes on both sides. But […]
Johannesburg — South African President Cyril Ramaphosa, at a summit on gender-based violence in the country, said murders of women jumped by 50% this year and called for action to stop the trend. Experts say his government’s efforts are falling short. “It is a story of a nation that is seemingly at war with itself […]
The Minority in Parliament has called on the government to take steps to stop the incessant price hike in petroleum products before the situation got out of hand. According to the caucus, the government was making “supernormal profit” from the sale of petroleum products from the country’s crude oil sales and should use those proceeds […]
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Khartoum — The Journalists Association for Human Rights (JAHR) in Sudan marked yesterday’s *International Day to End Impunity for Crimes against Journalists, using the commemoration as an opportunity to highlight a number of significant abuses against Sudanese press freedom. In a statement, JAHR pointed out that since the military coup d’état of October 25, 2021 […]
Addis Abeba — Various diplomats and members of international community have welcomed the signing of cessation of hostilities agreement between the Ethiopian federal government and representatives of the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) n South Africa. The warring parties have agreed to cessation of hostilities on Wednesday during conclusion of the AU-led peace talks that […]
Vision for Alternative Development (VALD), a non-governmental organisation (NGO), has advocated a hike in taxes on tobacco products in the country. According toVALD’s Programmes Director, Labram Musah, increasing the tax on these products would reduce its consumption as tobacco related deaths exceeded 6,700 annually in the country with an economic burden estimated at GH¢ 97 […]
The Ghana Police Service (GPS) has invited Mr Charles Nii Armah Mensah Jnr known in the entertainment industry as Shatta Wale to assist in investigation following comments he made on social media about the death of artiste Manager Mr Fennec Okyere. The musician had alleged in a Facebook post that his former manager, Mr Lawrence […]
Women are under-represented on boards of companies listed on the Ghana Stock Exchange (GSE), a study has revealed. The study revealed that of the 35 companies listed on the GSE in 2022, women held 25 per cent of the seats on the board and 27 per cent of non-executive director seats, which is not different […]
Koforidua — A university don has urged authorities in charge of the Technical, Vocational and Education Training (TVET) to collaborate with industry, to design curriculum for the effective training of students, towards national development. The Acting Dean of the Faculty of Technical Education at the Akenten Appiah-Menka University of Skills Training and Entrepreneur Development, Professor […]
Tema — Workers of the Volta Aluminum Company (VALCO) on Tuesday staged a protest over management’s failure to index their salaries to the United States dollar. They also called for two management members to be relieved of their posts since they had attained their retirement ages. According to the aggrieved workers, their salary was below […]
Kumasi — Two persons were killed in a robbery on the Ejura-Nkwanta-Nyinase road in the Ashanti Region, on Monday. KipoSumaila,50, died on the spot, while Ibrahim Iddrisu, 40, died, at the St Luke’s Hospital in Kasei, where he was receiving treatment The body of Iddrisu has been deposited at the Ejura Government Hospital mortuary. Meanwhile, […]
The development facility of the eco.business Fund, managed by Finance in Motion, in partnership with Fidelity Bank Ghana, hosted two agricultural summits in Ghana. The summits discussed economical and sustainable solutions to the challenges currently faced by the local poultry sector. It offered more than 100 participants a mixture of trainings and knowledge sharing sessions […]
The construction of new emergency health unit within the Legon Hospital, in Accra, will be completed in December, this year, the contractor, Mr Egbert Perbi, has disclosed. When completed, the 50-bed facility would have a kitchenette, a theatre, an office complex and conference room, an ICU, and X-ray and scan unit, a pharmacy, consulting rooms […]
The National Petroleum Authority (NPA) has justified the temporary suspension of subsidy on Residual Fuel Oil (RFO), saying the move is to ensure availability and supply of the product. The RFO is a low grade of fuel oil, which contains the undistilled residue from atmospheric or vacuum distillation of crude oil and mostly used by […]
The proportion of people facing severe acute food insecurity is at the highest level ever, surpassing levels seen even during the conflicts in 2013 and 2016. Juba – Hunger and malnutrition are on the rise across the flood, drought, and conflict-affected areas of South Sudan, with some communities likely to face starvation if humanitarian assistance […]